Hacker News: GarrettBeck

New comment by GarrettBeck in "Box Acquiring Streem (YC S12)"

GarrettBeck — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 01:11:41 +0000

Moore's Law hard at work...$3.5 million for an iPhone in 1991

GarrettBeck — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:01:42 +0000

Article URL: http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-35-million-1991-2014-2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7252961

Points: 1

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New comment by GarrettBeck in "TerrAvion (YC W14) Launches Aerial Imagery As A Service For Farmers"

GarrettBeck — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 18:41:56 +0000

That's interesting. Congrats on the launch and best of luck!

New comment by GarrettBeck in "TerrAvion (YC W14) Launches Aerial Imagery As A Service For Farmers"

GarrettBeck — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 18:30:53 +0000

I'd be interested in seeing the cost analysis/breakdown of hiring Cessna pilots to take pictures vs. renting Parrot AR Drones with GoPros to farmers, teaching them to survey their own land and provide them with a software built by TerrAvion.

Give a man a fish vs. teach a man to fish

New comment by GarrettBeck in "New YC Partner Investment Policy"

GarrettBeck — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:26:18 +0000

Most investors think because a YC Partner invested, that must be the best company. And the YC Partners should know, they've spent the last three months with every company!

I'm sure the YC Partners' track record of "picking" is no better than SV Angel, a16z, Greylock, etc.

I think this tweak to the investment policy will contribute to eliminating the sub-par angel investors who base a majority of their investments on which companies received funding from YC partners. PG taking action to make his dreams a reality [1]

[1] http://paulgraham.com/invtrend.html

New comment by GarrettBeck in "AMD reveals its first ARM processor: 8-core Opteron A1100"

GarrettBeck — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 01:30:26 +0000

I have a feeling history is going to repeat itself. Statements like "AMD believes that it will be the leader of this ARM Server market" reminds me of the DRAM boom-and-bust from 2006-2009. The new (old) hot technology froths the market into a frenzy and semiconductor fabs start rushing to get a slice of the action.

Does Qimonda ring a bell to anyone?

New comment by GarrettBeck in "Tesla Completes L.A.-to-New York Electric Model S Drive Chargers"

GarrettBeck — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 21:41:13 +0000

That's 1.44 metric tons of CO2 emission. A Tesla may not be as practical, but it extends the longevity of our planet for damn sure.

[EDIT] I used this website to calculate http://calculator.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx?tab=4

New comment by GarrettBeck in "Gmail was down"

GarrettBeck — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 19:09:57 +0000

http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/gmail.com

New comment by GarrettBeck in "Uber rival accuses car service of dirty tactics"

GarrettBeck — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 18:37:24 +0000

There are consequences larger than "hey, stop that."

Even Uber's legal representation said they could be liable for damages:

If Uber employees intentionally diverted Gett drivers from legitimate business by making phony calls, that is an unfair business practice, illegal under California law," he said. "It is also an intentional interference with Gett's business which makes them liable for money damages.

New comment by GarrettBeck in "If Immunity Project (YC W14) succeeds, they'll offer AIDS vaccine for free"

GarrettBeck — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 19:45:36 +0000

Genentech asked Kleiner Perkins for a $3.0 million dollar investment back in the 70s to see if it was even possible to accomplish genome splicing. The investment would have paid for building a new lab, new equipment, etc. KP decided to give them $500k and rent the UCLA lab instead. That was a groundbreaking investment (and the VC business had only been around for 15-20 years).

In the current landscape of investing, crowdfunding has become the vehicle for riskier investments that traditional VCs no longer make (because they don't fit 10% x $2 billion = happy LPs) and I'm sure KP knows firsthand about dealing with bio-pharma regulations.

Hats off to Immunity and YC.

New comment by GarrettBeck in "CarWoo is shutting down"

GarrettBeck — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 02:01:36 +0000

http://www.fool.com/car/car08.htm

7 Ways to Start a Great Day

GarrettBeck — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 17:31:54 +0000

Article URL: http://www.inc.com/kevin-daum/7-ways-to-start-a-great-day.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7096754

Points: 2

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New comment by GarrettBeck in "I never finish anyth"

GarrettBeck — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 19:24:27 +0000

Think of any film about any successful company that has ever been made and you'll realize the 'idea' and the 'success' get all the screen time. All of the hard work, sacrifice and, arguably, the best parts of starting a company get rolled up into a 60 second montage. Nobody wants to watch the nitty gritty stuff, let alone do it, but that's what separates founders from everyone else.

New comment by GarrettBeck in "The iPod of Prison"

GarrettBeck — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 01:21:53 +0000

But how cool is the non-clear version. I don't want to be 'that' guy in prison...

New comment by GarrettBeck in "The iPod of Prison"

GarrettBeck — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:39:09 +0000

It probably cost more than $5 for IBM to manufacture a CXA1129N integrated-circuit chip in the 1970s.

New comment by GarrettBeck in "Sent $35,104.11 USD to CoinBase. Never received Bitcoins"

GarrettBeck — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 21:22:29 +0000

$549...

New comment by GarrettBeck in "Sent $35,104.11 USD to CoinBase. Never received Bitcoins"

GarrettBeck — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 21:19:06 +0000

Wanna buy some bitcoin? ;-)

New comment by GarrettBeck in "Sent $35,104.11 USD to CoinBase. Never received Bitcoins"

GarrettBeck — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 21:18:04 +0000

$35,000 is a huge sum of money. I'm suggesting he sell the 40 or so bitcoin he purchased immediately at market price (~$550), cut his loses and move on. By doing so he would limit the damage and would only lose ~$12,700. Bitcoin will continue to fall and he will continue to lose money.

He won't get his money back from CoinBase and he is losing money every second he holds his bitcoin.

Losing money sucks. It happens to everyone who invests, gambles or takes a risk. Take your medicine, learn for your mistakes and be better tomorrow.

New comment by GarrettBeck in "Sent $35,104.11 USD to CoinBase. Never received Bitcoins"

GarrettBeck — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 19:55:22 +0000

This is the same situation as Facebook's IPO with NASDAQ. Orders were placed $40, then cancelled, then filled at $40 six hours after the market closed (at which point Facebook was already trading below its IPO price).

Unless you are a massive financial institution with some serious clout/legal department, I recommend you cut your losses and move on.

Your time is much more valuable spent doing something else rather than the time you will spend trying to recover $X,XXX

The End of Moore's Law

GarrettBeck — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 18:50:19 +0000

Article URL: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57600373-92/end-of-moores-law-its-not-just-about-physics/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6291907

Points: 2

# Comments: 0